How to win lane as Morgana against Maokai · 51.03% win rate (1,746 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His entire chain dies to one black shield — pre-answer the engage and root the regret.
Track: Maokai's W — Twisted Advance (14–10s cooldown). Point-and-click root — count its cooldown before stepping up.
Read from Morgana's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Maokai.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — both champs are just positioning with no combat spike yet. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is skill-based: Maokai's W-root all-in versus your peel and body-blocking is a coin flip on execution. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays even as neither of you has a decisive spike and it's about dodging Saplings vs holding shield. |
| Levels 4-5 | Morgana | By 4-5 your Black Shield reliably shuts down his W root, tilting the peel war your way. |
| Level 6 | Morgana | At 6 your Soul Shackles is a stronger, self-chasing ult than his slow telegraphed Nature's Grasp. |
| First item | Morgana | First item scales your poke and burst above his flat engage damage. |
| Two+ items | Morgana | With items Black Shield permanently neuters his entire engage kit, so you own the matchup. |
Levels 1-2 are skill-based: Maokai wants a W-root or Bramble-Smash all-in the moment he hits 2, so stand behind your minions and keep Q charged to peel. Don't waste Black Shield on chip poke — it's your answer to his engage. He wants an instant lock the moment he steps in, so keep the shield ready for his approach rather than his poke. Pool the ground between you to slow the walk, and hunt the binding only once his dash is already spent, because a rooted Maokai has nothing left.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Morgana's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Morgana vs Maokai report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Morgana, slightly — a 51.03% win rate edge over 1,746 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Morgana has a small statistical edge (51.03% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Morgana has a slight edge (51.03% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Morgana takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Maokai.
Start World Atlas + potions and back for Oblivion Orb piece vs sustain. Build Imperial Mandate / Liandry's-lite first, then Zhonya's path, with Mercury's / Sorcerer's.
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